The Meeker herald., 1887-06-04
Through Ghls.ss Gi...-..

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Through Chicago aisss~s.
The Chicago Groccrs Criterion cou1
men,s On the organization Of the Amefl
can Cattle Trust In tbs iollowin(
rather strong language: Some le'se
has propounded the conundrum, Why
should thing be called u trust th...
created for the purpose Of crushi..>
every legitimate business competition !.
The Criterion gives 1t up. II has ~
viewed the cotton oil trust and show.
the oppression IL proposes To exefcis,'
upon all other producers Of cotton SCI /
oil. We hay. u gas trust IN Chicaf
commercial principle of Iustbas,
that Is. In this ease. bust every othsr
institution that attempts Ia devise soiis
new plan or plant for lighting the ciiy
of Chicago.
But the greatest trust now brlrs I
engineered and b,tmrd 10y s-t Of 1T
Of millionaire mnnoIolis,s is called u,
American Cattle Trust This couI
sg.Eary Is being gotten up by Few
PARTIES who hny. taken into the ro,l
such of ih. grca; cai,lcmcn as thee
could not buy out, and who proIos. {,
control. manipulate aud regulate ihi
calIi. business oi lhi, country In nc,
cOfdanc- with their own views; that 10.
We presume, with views Of putting vat
profits into their own packets nj the a, !
p-nsc Of the public. In regard Ia thi /,
sr-a, conspiracy. or trust, as It's pre-
meters pf1pb,- Ia call It. the Chira:t !
Tribune says: On. II the lradinS
spirits In this new combination was Nv
brains ni the '-scncfs' rim. of ict
years ago, which compelled every boz
lock entering or leaving tho CnioS
stock Yards To- pay iribnt. IN ~
rinesi-rs. More Than on. Large torture
WAS male III Chicago cat Of that ~.
r,ngrm-nt. Hut tha; was trivial
affair compared with N. project nus
on foot. The toll then -sactcd waa q
shaving from the cost of transIottss-
ton. Tl.c tniox-s,.aic law- faithfully
executed. will prcy-nt the trust rYn
being able ,o procure special rates r
i,s cattle and h-ci but ih. bcaIing sf'd
hulling uf markets To- suit the ini.ts4t-
of III. tinss;.rs can lie carried Oh In
dependent ai transportation.
III anything could arouse III, Anf.'
can people tp tic Importance nf bssfs
ing up cpuspircics tn Iub under thr
forms ui las It wuuld b. the sucr-stn
launching Of this latest pirate car
Cattle raising " uur ~ the greatest .
Americas great industries. and ncsTl
everybody Is beef eater. q, is h,
enough to inieti-r. with tho l.giiimht
cours. of limited and special branche |
Of commerce. but when It comes I,
pirating upon beef the most gcn"rt
blow conceivable Is struck nj The We
fare 81 the country. This sort OF thin.
cannot go on forever. These mono
polistir combinations ar. not only 'cun
,rary to public policy, and therefore Ne
cniorciblc by law properly administered
hut they are absolutely criminal. Ono
let the American people awake TO ,h'l
cnormity Of the crime now passing tu1
success In business. and such trust I
will be- put upon par with colispiraI
cics Ia crack n safe or tap till.
These words have the right ing II /
them and the Criterion echoes then.
This combination must lie brokin NJ.
and the merchants of the West Ire ~
men most OF all who have the pow,t
aud influence TO bring about such
much desired state Of affairs by ~.
hucncing National legislation In dire.
ton that shall make piratical scheme,
oiious and unlawful. AS near rs we
can find out this American Cattle
Trus; is being organized with thldelib-
crate plan and intention of desiS,ing
all legitimate competition and " the
leverage Of monopoly compel th pub.
lie 10 submit to any cxtortion tn mon
opolis,s choose 10 cxact. Thcr is
point In all eNtortions beyond whbh the
extortionists cannot 90 without rcfeat-
ing their own end. Tue price of com
modify must not bc so high as & drive
the people into the use Of a substitute.
That Is the one Limitation upn the
abuses of monopoly which inhdcs to
the nature OF things. II may o said
to he an automatic regulator The
problem. from the standpoint of the
conspiracy. is TO find out wha, is the
of profit and how ,o main
tain it. The undoubted purpos Of the
gas monopoly in Chicago is to ut the
price of gas as high rs the pco'lc viii
stand without being driven to he use
Of kerosene. The obvious purp pse of
the American Cattle Trust is, lrst. TO
put the price Of beef up to the highest
feasible notch. and. second, TO mt the
price of cattle not included In te trust
down to the lowest feasible note. The |
gas ring is single in nature as well rs
purpose. but in order to reap the larvest
of their expectations tbe catie ring
sters must control the price OF Hh the
raw material and manufactured article. |
The nominal capital OF this catie trust
is TWENTY-FIVE millions. hut itxsuccess /